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Votes at 16: Are schools prepared for politics in the classroom?

Ministers hope the move will engage young people in democracy, but schools face an uphill battle to prepare them

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Features

Profile: Gareth Conyard, CEO, Teacher Development Trust

It’s estimated to be a half-billion-pound industry in England, but all is not well in the world of teachers’…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
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Matt Wrack, general secretary, NASUWT

The new head of the NASUWT has ruled out merging with another union “for now”, insisted his lack of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Features

Profile: Josh MacAlister, MP for Whitehaven and Workington

Josh MacAlister isn’t wasting time. Weeks after becoming the MP for Whitehaven and Workington in Cumbria last July, the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School improvement

Lessons from a 10-year school turnaround

Declan Linnane took Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School from ‘inadequate’ to ‘outstanding’ with a mission to focus on inclusion. Here’s…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Features

‘I was a real fanboy, but the school had lost its way’

Fixing School 21, the ‘progressive’ education torchbearer

Chaminda Jayanetti
Chaminda Jayanetti


Features

Profile: Chris Zarraga, director of Schools North East

Every August, school leaders in the north of England brace themselves for the inevitable – yet misguided – comparisons….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

‘Burnt out and isolated’: the staff on the SEND crisis frontline

SENCos will be central to any government plan to make mainstream schools more inclusive. But are their roles even…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Profile

Profile: Avnee Morjaria, IPPR

IPPR associate director Avnee Morjaria has taught, inspected and worked in government. Now she is influencing policy from…

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
Profile

Chalke it up to experience: Lessons in being mission-driven

Labour can learn a lot about belonging, inclusion and being mission-driven from Steve Chalke’s life and work, finds JL…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
Ofsted

‘What we see are wasted lives’: Meet the Ofsted illegal schools team

In a rare interview, the Ofsted team tasked with tackling illegal schools speaks about the horrors they have witnessed,…

Rosa Furneaux
Rosa Furneaux
Features

A new hope for University Technical Colleges?

When University Technical Colleges launched in 2010, they were hailed as the solution needed to propel young people to…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill

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Covid

DfE threatened with legal action over ‘unlawful’ Covid attendance rules

The government is being threatened with legal action if it fails to update attendance guidance for vulnerable children and…

James Carr
James Carr
Covid

Academy trusts’ cash stash rises to £3bn despite pandemic pressures

Academy trusts boosted their reserves and surpluses last year despite the upheaval of Covid, official figures show. New Department…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger